Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, triggering a massive landslide that buried a village and killed 75 people.
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Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras. It would be opened exactly two years later by then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
Seventy-five people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.
The first FIFA World Cup held on African soil kicks off in South Africa.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school.
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
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One highlighted entry is from 2012: Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, triggering a massive landslide that buried a village and killed 75 people.
People listed for June 11 include Katrina Scott (2004), Billy Gilmour (2001), and Eartha Cumings (1999).
Observances listed for June 11 include Christian feast day: Alice of Schaerbeek, Christian feast day: Barnabas the Apostle, and Christian feast day: Bartholomew the Apostle (Eastern Christianity).
